Images Dated 5th February 2014

Barred OWL - in flight, wings spread, chasing for prey

Barred OWL - in flight, wings spread, chasing for prey (Strix varia)

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Khor Rori, ruins of an ancient South Arabian town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Oman

Inscriptions at Khor Rouri reports that the town, called Sumhuram, was founded on royal initiative and settled by a??adramite emigrants. Dhofar was the main source of frankincense in the ancient period, and it seems likely that the foundation of the settlement was in part motivated by a Hadramite wish to control the production of this valuable commodity.
In 2000 it was added to the Unesco world heritage list.
Today, visitors to the site can find Bronze Age fortifications from the small fortified town as well as a local palace ascribed to the Queen of Sheba

© 2014 Frans Sellies

A taxi is pictured through the window of another taxi in the rain in Times Square

A taxi is pictured through the window of another taxi in the rain in Times Square in New York February 5, 2014. The latest in a series of winter storms hit the United States on Wednesday, threatening to drop up to a foot of snow in central New England, snarling travel and eating into supplies of salt needed to keep roads clear. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT) - GM1EA2608LU01